Food on a Stick – 59 foods on a stick are available, including a fried stick of butter. I think you can get toppings. Do you have a favorite?

There are more than 45 contests this year, including best mullet, rubber chicken throwing, a checkers tournament, benchpress/deadlift contest, cow chip throwing, beard growing, and mutton bustin’ (safety gear provided for this event). See them all here.

Resources:

The Iowa State Fair by Earle D. Ross, republished in The Palimpsest, July 1954.